Women’s NCAA Tournament roundup

Bridgeport Region

• Napheesa Collier and Kia Nurse each scored 24 points as top-seeded UConn routed Albany, 116-55, on Saturday in Storrs, Conn., for the program’s 108th straight win and 25th straight in the NCAA Tournament. Gabby Williams added 20 points for UConn. She and Collier each pulled down 10 rebounds for the Huskies, who are going for their fifth consecutive NCAA title.

• Ruthy Hebard hit a jumper with 5.5 seconds remaining to lift Oregon past Temple, 71-70, in Durham, N.C. Hebard finished with 23 points and Sabrina Ionescu added 16 points to help the 10th-seeded Ducks win a wild game that had three lead changes in the final 30 seconds.

• Brittney Sykes scored 28 points and Alexis Peterson added 25 to lead eighthseeded Syracuse to a 85-65 win over Iowa State in Storrs, Conn. Freshman Gabby Cooper added a season-high 24 points, all from 3-point range, for the Orange. • Monique Billings scored 19 points and Jordin Canada had 15 points and 16 assists to help fourth-seeded UCLA roll to an 83-56 win over Boise State in Los Angeles. The Bruins opened the game with a 15-0 run and were never seriously threatened the rest of the way.

Lexington Region

• Alanna Smith had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Karlie Samuelson hit five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points, and No. 2 seed Stanford survived a spirited upset bid to beat No. 15 seed New Mexico State, 72-65, in Manhattan, Kan. Playing nearly 1,800 miles from home due to a scheduling conflict at Maples Pavilion, the Cardinal looked lost most of the afternoon, trailing the Aggies by as many as nine early on. Smith finally gave them their first lead midway through the third quarter.

• Breanna Lewis had 23 points and 11 rebounds, Kindred Wesemann added 16 points and seventh-seeded Kansas State beat No. 10 seed Drake, 67-54, in Manhattan, Kan. The Wildcats took the lead in the game’s opening minutes and never relinquished it, even though the Bulldogs never made things easy.

Oklahoma City Region

• Asia Durr scored 27 points to lead fourth-seeded Louisville to a 82-62 victory over Chattanooga in Louisville, Ky. The rematch of a regular season contest played out a little differently. The Cardinals didn’t have anyone score in double figures in their 63-47 victory here on Nov. 21. On Saturday, they had four who did and were led by their sophomore guard.

• Diamond DeShields scored 24 points to lead fifthseeded Tennessee over Dayton, 66-57, in Louisville, Ky. The Lady Vols used a strong second half to pull away from the 12th-seeded Flyers, shooting 52 percent after halftime.

• Vionise Pierre-Louis had 17 points, nine rebounds and nine blocked shots and No. 6 seed Oklahoma used its early hot shooting to hold off 11th-seeded Gonzaga, 75-62, in Seattle. PierreLouis controlled the interior throughout, making sure the Sooners’ torrid shooting from behind the 3-point line in the first quarter withstood all of Gonzaga’s charges. • Kalani Brown scored 21 points and top-seeded Baylor overwhelmed much smaller Texas Southern, 119-30, in Waco, Texas, in the most lopsided women’s NCAA Tournament game ever.

Stockton Region

• Jennifer Fay scored 20 points and 12th-seeded Quinnipiac held on in a frantic final minute to upset fifth-seeded Marquette, 68-65, in Coral Gables, Fla. Paula Strautmane scored seven of her 15 points in the fourth quarter for the Bobcats, who opened on an 18-4 run and were up 52-33 midway through the third quarter before Marquette roared back and got within two. But Strautmane made a pair of free throws with 17.6 seconds left to give Quinnipiac a 67-63 lead. • Keyona Hayes scored 16 points, including the goahead basket inside with 1.5 seconds remaining, and fourth-seeded Miami rallied to beat 13th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast, 62-60 in Coral Gables, Fla. Hayes added 10

rebounds for the Hurricanes, who wasted a 13-point lead

and trailed twice in the final 2 minutes before rallying.

JESSICA HILL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Connecticut’s Gabby Williams drives toward the basket against Albany during the first half.